Aug 13 2008

Redefining scope creep

Published by at 9:41 pm under The Daily Grind

Hey, our site is in FrontPage, can you suggest something better? We know it’s our department’s personal project, but if you have time? Please?

[ANYTHING is better. Try WordPress, I think it's great.]

Oooh, WordPress sounds great for our needs.

[network admin sets up WordPress blog. WordPress and FrontPage DO NOT play nice together. Much gnashing of teeth on the part of network admin and myself. Eventually find a work around. After a month.]

Oh, and can we have meaningfull URLs?

[on IIS, it’s a pain in the rear. Another few weeks go by as I look for a solution that actually works, in my copious spare time.]

Can we have various modifications to the base template?

[OK. Grrr. It is not helping that you are using pages instead of posts, you know.]

Oh, and can we have a stats counter?

[sure]

Oh, can we have one that tracks people by country?

[ummm. Sure, but not right now.]

Oh, and fix the header, please.

[low priority, guys. Just live with the fact that both your graphic and header text say the same thing.]

Oh, and some of the pages need to be in the wide format.

[NOW you tell me?]

Oh, and some of our stuff is in Greek.

[muffled scream]

How about more contrast between text and links?

[see above about low priority]

And we need a custom favicon.

[AAAARGH]

And a picture in the sidebar…

[whimper]

4 responses so far

4 Responses to “Redefining scope creep”

  1. Michelleon 13 Aug 2008 at 11:36 pm

    eye roll. unbelievable…”oops, we just forgot to tell you we use greek <>”. That’s kinda like this week when on Monday a.m. the boss man said, “oh, and those reports you were giving to me in draft form tomorrow afternoon, I need them in final form by 1:00 today for a meeting with the government”…for real? did you just say that because I know the government doesn’t just “pop in” unexpectidly. unfreaking believable.

    In other news…I see the whole “coax baby 3 out of the womb” isn’t working ;)

  2. WeaselOfDoomon 14 Aug 2008 at 1:23 am

    Baby 3.0 is being a good little baby and staying put, so Mommy can finish up some stuff :-)

  3. Bill the Annoyingon 14 Aug 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Good Luck Honey

  4. Son 14 Aug 2008 at 2:07 pm

    *comforts* I know how frustrating users can be.

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